Critter Photo #2

With our household of critters having expanded to include three cats and a dog, I thought it fitting to join a meme related to pets. After searching around, I came across Awww….. Mondays. The one rule is: “Post a picture that makes you say Awww…. and that’s it.” Every photo seemed to feature a pet and so the meme is a perfect fit!

For my first three posts, I’m going to introduce you to our cats in order of arrival. Second up is Bootsie! From the moment I met her as a feral in a Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) colony, she stole my heart. What photo of her to pick for this meme proved tough. There is one of her outside when she allowed herself for a brief moment to play. When my husband saw that photo, he agreed for me to pick her home. There is also one of her feeling content in our office chair. It’s the first photo I posted to update local colony feeders of her progress. For this meme, I ended up picking the below photo. This photo won our beautiful Bootsie second prize in a TNR contest.

Aw….kind hearted people you and the hubby are! My friend traps feral cats humanly and she and her vet have some sort of agreement. He neuters and spays them and sometime they go to homes. It is funny when she catches other critters like racoons who are quite unhappy until she releases them back to the wild! Bootsie is a beautiful. My sister has a cat, Bumby. he is striped and reminds her of a bumble bee (hee hee). He is such an alley cat. He tore her entire curtain off the wall just as she was getting ready to go to bed a few nights ago. She said he just does not lose his outdoor instincts! Likes the trash can too so she has to move it into a closed area. He is very beautiful but still quite wary of people. Loved your story here. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Anne

Award Lists and Reviews

Américas Award for Children’s & Young Adult Literature
CLASP founded the Américas Award in 1993 to encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.

Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award
The Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award was initiated in 2000 to recognize authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional and biographical books for young people that appropriately portray individuals with developmental disabilities

Hans Christian Anderson Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards is given to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature. The award is the highest international recognition an author can receive.

Middle East Book Award
The Middle East Book Award recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the Middle East and its component societies and cultures.

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
Honors fantasy books for younger readers, in the tradition of The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia

National Book Award
Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization.